Tracey German
Biographic Data
| ID | 964905 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tracey German |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tracey |
| FAMILY NAME | German |
| SIGNATURE | GERMAN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8830-8979 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 30 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Russia’s War on Ukraine, the EU, and Its Eastern Neighborhood
This article uses the lens of liminality to explore the consequences and wider implications of the war in Ukraine for those states "in-between," with a specific focus on Georgia and Moldova and their relations with the EU.It examines the different approaches that these two states have adopted in response to their spatial and temporal liminal condition: Georgia has focused on the discursive construction of a new identity, while Moldova has tended …
Introduction Nato at 75
This introduction to the special section highlights how NATO has overcome post-Cold War predictions of its demise, not only enduring but expanding to 31 members, with Finland and Sweden joining amid geopolitical turmoil. In 2024, as NATO turns 75, debates persist over its global role and ability to withstand both internal and external pressures
From cooperation to confrontation
Relations between the US and Russia during the George W. Bush era were marked by a dramatic shift from cooperation to confrontation. Russia’s unequivocal support for the US-led War on Terror in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in 2001 gave way to a sustained rise in anti-Western sentiment in the Russian political narrative. This article analyses US-Russia relations during the presidency of George W. Bush through the lens of great power relations and …
Russia and the South Caucasus
Russia has sought to maintain its influence in the South Caucasus by a variety of means, viewing the region as an area of crucial importance for its core strategic interests. However, China’s prominence in the South Caucasus has increased significantly over the past decade, as the South Caucasus states seek to diversify their diplomatic and economic ties. This essay explores whether Russia’s regional hegemony in the South Caucasus is being challe…
Harnessing protest potential
The perceived threat posed to Russia from so-called colored revolutions–popular uprisings attributed by Moscow to malign sponsorship by external forces–has become a central theme in Russian security discourse. This article analyses how colored revolutions came to be characterized as a specific threat to national security and how they continue to shape Russian thinking about the changing character of conflict. It explores Russian perceptions of th…
The lands in between
The lands in between: Russia vs. the West and the new politics of hybrid war The lands in between: Russia vs. the West and the new politics of hybrid war. By Mitchell A Orenstein. New York: Oxford University Press. 2019. 234pp. £12.31. Isbn978 0 19093 614 3. Available as e-book. Tracey German Tracey German King's College London, UK Corresponding author: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Schol…
A legacy of conflict
NATO’s 1999 Kosovo campaign was a pivotal moment in Russia’s worldview and its post–Cold War evolution, prompting an enduring period of estrangement and alienation from the West. It has had a profound and lasting impact on Russian policy and strategic thought vis-à-vis the international system and the use of force, as well as the balance of power amongst different sections of the country’s foreign policy elite. This article focuses on the endurin…
Introduction
Russia's actions in Ukraine, the rise (and apparent fall) of Islamic State in Syria and northern Iraq, and Chinese activity in the South China Sea have kindled renewed debate about the character of war and conflict, and whether it is undergoing a fundamental shift. Such reflections and assertions about the apparent transformation of conflict are not new; one of the enduring features of conflict over the centuries has been its state of flux. What …
The (re)-politicisation of international relations in the post-Soviet space
Over the last two decades, the post-Soviet space has undergone remarkable changes: new conflicts have emerged, transnational infrastructures have been constructed, new institutions have been created and new security concerns have appeared. However, until relatively recently, scant attention has been paid to the significance of alternative approaches to geopolitics as an explanatory paradigm to assist in understanding the new changes in the post-S…
Russia's Muslim heartlands
A unique aspect of Russia's post-Soviet development has been its ongoing religious revival. During the Soviet era, religion was viewed as contrary to communist ideology and, post-1991, many Russians have actively sought out religion. It is often overlooked that the country is home to around 15 million Muslims, with Islam being the second largest religion (after Orthodox Christianity) and that Moscow is one of Europe's largest Muslim cities. Howev…
Beyond Crimea
Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its continuing support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have renewed western concerns about the country's sustained influence across the post-Soviet space. Its activities in Ukraine are indicative of a far more confident Russia, one that is determined to counter the perceived expansion of western involvement within its ‘sphere of influence’ to ensure that it remains the predominant power in …
Nato and the enlargement debate
Journal Article NATO and the enlargement debate: enhancing Euro-Atlantic security or inciting confrontation? Get access Tracey German Tracey German Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 93, Issue 2, 1 March 2017, Pages 291–308, https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iix017 Published: 01 March 2017
The Ukrainian crisis
Russia and South Ossetia
Events in Ukraine have distracted international attention from the ongoing Russian involvement in the unresolved conflicts of the South Caucasus. This article explores the intensification of relations between South Ossetia and Moscow, focusing on the extent to which South Ossetia exists as a functioning state entity. Are the authorities in Tskhinvali able to provide vital services such as defence and control over ‘state’ borders and territory wit…
UK–Russia relations and the Brexit debate
The emphasis on the potential threat from Russia during the Brexit debate reflects the current state of political relations between the two: each is portrayed as a threat to the other’s national interests and there is a marked absence of mutual trust at the state level. This article assesses the current state of UK–Russia relations and examines the potential impact of Brexit. What are the key drivers of the relationship? What are the roots of the…
Russia, Eurasia and the new geopolitics of energy
Central Asia has become an increasingly important focus of Russian foreign and security policy in recent years, both because it is considered to be within Russia's ‘zone of privileged interest’ and because of concerns about the potential for instability emanating from Afghanistan following the drawdown of international troops post-2014. The region is also attracting considerable attention from other actors, notably China and the West, largely the…
Power, politics and confrontation in Eurasia
The 2014 annexation of Crimea and continuing support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are indicative of a far more confident Russia, one that is determined to counter the perceived expansion of western involvement into its ‘sphere of influence’. Criticism of the predominance of US power and anti-western sentiment now dominate Russia's foreign policy discourse and its relations with the West have deteriorated further as events in Ukr…
The politics of the Black Sea region
Journal Article The politics of the Black Sea region: EU neighbourhood, conflict zone or future security community? By Carol Weaver Get access The politics of the Black Sea region: EU neighbourhood, conflict zone or future security community?By Carol Weaver. Farnham: Ashgate. 2013. 178pp. £57.10. ISBN 9781 40946 3665. Available as e-book. Tracey German Tracey German 1King's College London at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, UK Search…
Democratic transformation and obstruction
A centrepiece of American foreign policy for several decades has been the notion that the spread of democratic forms of governance would also promote international peace and security. Unfortunately, this fails to anticipate the instability inherent in the democratization process itself, which is rarely smooth or linear. This timely book analyses democracy promotion by the European Union and the United States in the South Caucasus against a backdr…
Negotiating Armenian-Azerbaijani peace
Journal Article Negotiating Armenian–Azerbaijani peace: opportunities, obstacles, prospects. By Ohannes Geukjian Get access Negotiating Armenian—Azerbaijani peace: opportunities, obstacles, prospects. By Ohannes Geukjian. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate. 2014. 300pp. £65.00. ISBN 978 1 47243 514 9. Available as e-book. Tracey German Tracey German 1King's College London, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Internat…
Heading west? Georgia's Euro-Atlantic path
Events in Ukraine in 2014 are likely to transform the presence and role of western institutions such as NATO in the post-Soviet area. The crisis has starkly revealed the limits of their influence within Russia's 'zone of privileged interest', as well as the lack of internal unity within these organizations vis-à-vis relations with Moscow and future engagement with the area. This will have long-term implications for the South Caucasus state of Geo…
Afganistán pos-2014
Afganistán y la amplia región de Asia central constituyen parte del «punto sensible meridional» de Rusia, un término que subraya el sentido de vulnerabilidad que siente a lo largo de la frontera del Sur. Las preocupaciones rusas en seguridad en la región se centran en la inestabilidad transfronteriza, incluyendo la proliferación del extremismo religioso y el tráfico de drogas. Moscú está inquieta por la posibilidad de un mayor deterioro en la sit…
Securing the South Caucasus
In the wake of the 2008 conflict with Georgia, Russia has re-established itself as the dominant actor in the South Caucasus, consolidating its military presence in the region and reinforcing its already substantial diplomatic and economic levers. This essay examines recent Russian policy towards the region as Moscow attempts to counterbalance growing Western involvement within what it perceives to be its zone of ‘privileged interest’, focusing on…
Good neighbours or distant relatives?’ Regional identity and cooperation in the South Caucasus
Conceptualization of the South Caucasus as a distinct regional unit is a relatively new development. Notwithstanding geographic proximity, the three states of the region face different political, economic and security realities, precipitating different strategic orientations. Conflicting dynamics complicate relations between states and serve to undermine efforts, both internal and external, to establish a sense of regional identity and advance in…
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia
The unresolved dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh is one of the most worrying unresolved conflicts in the Caucasus region, both because it involves two sovereign states and because the three principal regional powers—Russia, Turkey and Iran—all have a differing stance towards the issue. The ongoing conflict undermines security across the Caucasus and wider Black Sea region: it has polarized countries and their allies, an…
The lands in between
The lands in between: Russia vs. the West and the new politics of hybrid war The lands in between: Russia vs. the West and the new politics of hybrid war. By Mitchell A Orenstein. New York: Oxford University Press. 2019. 234pp. £12.31. Isbn978 0 19093 614 3. Available as e-book. Tracey German Tracey German King's College London, UK Corresponding author: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Schol…
Harnessing protest potential
The perceived threat posed to Russia from so-called colored revolutions–popular uprisings attributed by Moscow to malign sponsorship by external forces–has become a central theme in Russian security discourse. This article analyses how colored revolutions came to be characterized as a specific threat to national security and how they continue to shape Russian thinking about the changing character of conflict. It explores Russian perceptions of th…
Securing the South Caucasus
In the wake of the 2008 conflict with Georgia, Russia has re-established itself as the dominant actor in the South Caucasus, consolidating its military presence in the region and reinforcing its already substantial diplomatic and economic levers. This essay examines recent Russian policy towards the region as Moscow attempts to counterbalance growing Western involvement within what it perceives to be its zone of ‘privileged interest’, focusing on…
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia
The unresolved dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh is one of the most worrying unresolved conflicts in the Caucasus region, both because it involves two sovereign states and because the three principal regional powers—Russia, Turkey and Iran—all have a differing stance towards the issue. The ongoing conflict undermines security across the Caucasus and wider Black Sea region: it has polarized countries and their allies, an…
Heading west? Georgia's Euro-Atlantic path
Events in Ukraine in 2014 are likely to transform the presence and role of western institutions such as NATO in the post-Soviet area. The crisis has starkly revealed the limits of their influence within Russia's 'zone of privileged interest', as well as the lack of internal unity within these organizations vis-à-vis relations with Moscow and future engagement with the area. This will have long-term implications for the South Caucasus state of Geo…
Russia and the South Caucasus
Russia has sought to maintain its influence in the South Caucasus by a variety of means, viewing the region as an area of crucial importance for its core strategic interests. However, China’s prominence in the South Caucasus has increased significantly over the past decade, as the South Caucasus states seek to diversify their diplomatic and economic ties. This essay explores whether Russia’s regional hegemony in the South Caucasus is being challe…
Good neighbours or distant relatives?’ Regional identity and cooperation in the South Caucasus
Conceptualization of the South Caucasus as a distinct regional unit is a relatively new development. Notwithstanding geographic proximity, the three states of the region face different political, economic and security realities, precipitating different strategic orientations. Conflicting dynamics complicate relations between states and serve to undermine efforts, both internal and external, to establish a sense of regional identity and advance in…
Russia’s War on Ukraine, the EU, and Its Eastern Neighborhood
This article uses the lens of liminality to explore the consequences and wider implications of the war in Ukraine for those states "in-between," with a specific focus on Georgia and Moldova and their relations with the EU.It examines the different approaches that these two states have adopted in response to their spatial and temporal liminal condition: Georgia has focused on the discursive construction of a new identity, while Moldova has tended …
The (re)-politicisation of international relations in the post-Soviet space
Over the last two decades, the post-Soviet space has undergone remarkable changes: new conflicts have emerged, transnational infrastructures have been constructed, new institutions have been created and new security concerns have appeared. However, until relatively recently, scant attention has been paid to the significance of alternative approaches to geopolitics as an explanatory paradigm to assist in understanding the new changes in the post-S…
Nato and the enlargement debate
Journal Article NATO and the enlargement debate: enhancing Euro-Atlantic security or inciting confrontation? Get access Tracey German Tracey German Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 93, Issue 2, 1 March 2017, Pages 291–308, https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iix017 Published: 01 March 2017
David and Goliath
Introduction Nato at 75
This introduction to the special section highlights how NATO has overcome post-Cold War predictions of its demise, not only enduring but expanding to 31 members, with Finland and Sweden joining amid geopolitical turmoil. In 2024, as NATO turns 75, debates persist over its global role and ability to withstand both internal and external pressures
From cooperation to confrontation
Relations between the US and Russia during the George W. Bush era were marked by a dramatic shift from cooperation to confrontation. Russia’s unequivocal support for the US-led War on Terror in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in 2001 gave way to a sustained rise in anti-Western sentiment in the Russian political narrative. This article analyses US-Russia relations during the presidency of George W. Bush through the lens of great power relations and …
Introduction
Russia's actions in Ukraine, the rise (and apparent fall) of Islamic State in Syria and northern Iraq, and Chinese activity in the South China Sea have kindled renewed debate about the character of war and conflict, and whether it is undergoing a fundamental shift. Such reflections and assertions about the apparent transformation of conflict are not new; one of the enduring features of conflict over the centuries has been its state of flux. What …
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The Pankiski Gorge
The end of the Cold War and subsequent changes in the global political order have led to a re‐drawing of international borders and strategic re‐alignments, increasing the significance of the North
Securing Europe
As the ice around the Arctic landmass recedes progressively further each year, the territory has become a flashpoint in world affairs. New and lucrative trade routes from East to West are now becoming accessible for shipping lanes and military deployment, and the Arctic is known to be home to large gas and oil reserves. Yet the territorial boundaries of the region remain ill-defined. In response to these geographical changes the Scandinavian coun…
David and Goliath
Pipeline politics
The development of new energy export infrastructure, which bypasses Russia, has constituted a fundamental element of US and European engagement with the Caucasus in recent years, but has, to some extent, undermined Moscow's hegemony in an area that it considers to be its own ‘strategic backyard’. This article examines the validity of the argument that Russian military intervention in Georgia in August 2008 was motivated by so-called ‘petro-politi…
Securing the South Caucasus
In the wake of the 2008 conflict with Georgia, Russia has re-established itself as the dominant actor in the South Caucasus, consolidating its military presence in the region and reinforcing its already substantial diplomatic and economic levers. This essay examines recent Russian policy towards the region as Moscow attempts to counterbalance growing Western involvement within what it perceives to be its zone of ‘privileged interest’, focusing on…
Good neighbours or distant relatives?’ Regional identity and cooperation in the South Caucasus
Conceptualization of the South Caucasus as a distinct regional unit is a relatively new development. Notwithstanding geographic proximity, the three states of the region face different political, economic and security realities, precipitating different strategic orientations. Conflicting dynamics complicate relations between states and serve to undermine efforts, both internal and external, to establish a sense of regional identity and advance in…
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia
The unresolved dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh is one of the most worrying unresolved conflicts in the Caucasus region, both because it involves two sovereign states and because the three principal regional powers—Russia, Turkey and Iran—all have a differing stance towards the issue. The ongoing conflict undermines security across the Caucasus and wider Black Sea region: it has polarized countries and their allies, an…
The politics of the Black Sea region
Journal Article The politics of the Black Sea region: EU neighbourhood, conflict zone or future security community? By Carol Weaver Get access The politics of the Black Sea region: EU neighbourhood, conflict zone or future security community?By Carol Weaver. Farnham: Ashgate. 2013. 178pp. £57.10. ISBN 9781 40946 3665. Available as e-book. Tracey German Tracey German 1King's College London at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, UK Search…
Democratic transformation and obstruction
A centrepiece of American foreign policy for several decades has been the notion that the spread of democratic forms of governance would also promote international peace and security. Unfortunately, this fails to anticipate the instability inherent in the democratization process itself, which is rarely smooth or linear. This timely book analyses democracy promotion by the European Union and the United States in the South Caucasus against a backdr…
Negotiating Armenian-Azerbaijani peace
Journal Article Negotiating Armenian–Azerbaijani peace: opportunities, obstacles, prospects. By Ohannes Geukjian Get access Negotiating Armenian—Azerbaijani peace: opportunities, obstacles, prospects. By Ohannes Geukjian. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate. 2014. 300pp. £65.00. ISBN 978 1 47243 514 9. Available as e-book. Tracey German Tracey German 1King's College London, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Internat…
Heading west? Georgia's Euro-Atlantic path
Events in Ukraine in 2014 are likely to transform the presence and role of western institutions such as NATO in the post-Soviet area. The crisis has starkly revealed the limits of their influence within Russia's 'zone of privileged interest', as well as the lack of internal unity within these organizations vis-à-vis relations with Moscow and future engagement with the area. This will have long-term implications for the South Caucasus state of Geo…
Afganistán pos-2014
Afganistán y la amplia región de Asia central constituyen parte del «punto sensible meridional» de Rusia, un término que subraya el sentido de vulnerabilidad que siente a lo largo de la frontera del Sur. Las preocupaciones rusas en seguridad en la región se centran en la inestabilidad transfronteriza, incluyendo la proliferación del extremismo religioso y el tráfico de drogas. Moscú está inquieta por la posibilidad de un mayor deterioro en la sit…
The Ukrainian crisis
Russia and South Ossetia
Events in Ukraine have distracted international attention from the ongoing Russian involvement in the unresolved conflicts of the South Caucasus. This article explores the intensification of relations between South Ossetia and Moscow, focusing on the extent to which South Ossetia exists as a functioning state entity. Are the authorities in Tskhinvali able to provide vital services such as defence and control over ‘state’ borders and territory wit…
UK–Russia relations and the Brexit debate
The emphasis on the potential threat from Russia during the Brexit debate reflects the current state of political relations between the two: each is portrayed as a threat to the other’s national interests and there is a marked absence of mutual trust at the state level. This article assesses the current state of UK–Russia relations and examines the potential impact of Brexit. What are the key drivers of the relationship? What are the roots of the…
Russia, Eurasia and the new geopolitics of energy
Central Asia has become an increasingly important focus of Russian foreign and security policy in recent years, both because it is considered to be within Russia's ‘zone of privileged interest’ and because of concerns about the potential for instability emanating from Afghanistan following the drawdown of international troops post-2014. The region is also attracting considerable attention from other actors, notably China and the West, largely the…
Power, politics and confrontation in Eurasia
The 2014 annexation of Crimea and continuing support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are indicative of a far more confident Russia, one that is determined to counter the perceived expansion of western involvement into its ‘sphere of influence’. Criticism of the predominance of US power and anti-western sentiment now dominate Russia's foreign policy discourse and its relations with the West have deteriorated further as events in Ukr…
Beyond Crimea
Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its continuing support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have renewed western concerns about the country's sustained influence across the post-Soviet space. Its activities in Ukraine are indicative of a far more confident Russia, one that is determined to counter the perceived expansion of western involvement within its ‘sphere of influence’ to ensure that it remains the predominant power in …
Nato and the enlargement debate
Journal Article NATO and the enlargement debate: enhancing Euro-Atlantic security or inciting confrontation? Get access Tracey German Tracey German Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 93, Issue 2, 1 March 2017, Pages 291–308, https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iix017 Published: 01 March 2017
Russia's Muslim heartlands
A unique aspect of Russia's post-Soviet development has been its ongoing religious revival. During the Soviet era, religion was viewed as contrary to communist ideology and, post-1991, many Russians have actively sought out religion. It is often overlooked that the country is home to around 15 million Muslims, with Islam being the second largest religion (after Orthodox Christianity) and that Moscow is one of Europe's largest Muslim cities. Howev…
A legacy of conflict
NATO’s 1999 Kosovo campaign was a pivotal moment in Russia’s worldview and its post–Cold War evolution, prompting an enduring period of estrangement and alienation from the West. It has had a profound and lasting impact on Russian policy and strategic thought vis-à-vis the international system and the use of force, as well as the balance of power amongst different sections of the country’s foreign policy elite. This article focuses on the endurin…
Introduction
Russia's actions in Ukraine, the rise (and apparent fall) of Islamic State in Syria and northern Iraq, and Chinese activity in the South China Sea have kindled renewed debate about the character of war and conflict, and whether it is undergoing a fundamental shift. Such reflections and assertions about the apparent transformation of conflict are not new; one of the enduring features of conflict over the centuries has been its state of flux. What …
The (re)-politicisation of international relations in the post-Soviet space
Over the last two decades, the post-Soviet space has undergone remarkable changes: new conflicts have emerged, transnational infrastructures have been constructed, new institutions have been created and new security concerns have appeared. However, until relatively recently, scant attention has been paid to the significance of alternative approaches to geopolitics as an explanatory paradigm to assist in understanding the new changes in the post-S…
Harnessing protest potential
The perceived threat posed to Russia from so-called colored revolutions–popular uprisings attributed by Moscow to malign sponsorship by external forces–has become a central theme in Russian security discourse. This article analyses how colored revolutions came to be characterized as a specific threat to national security and how they continue to shape Russian thinking about the changing character of conflict. It explores Russian perceptions of th…
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